In case anyone had a doubt, and I really hope they didn’t, The Dead Milkmen are still goddamn amazing. We were fortunate enough to be in attendance for their sold-out in 1 hour The King in Yellow album release party at KFN in Philly. Playing through each of the 17 tracks on their new album plus a bonus cover of Cars by Gary Numan as well as another cover, Control by VNV Nation and topped off by multiple classic tracks, The Dead Milkmen showed that they still have all most of it after 28 years. RIP Dave Schulthise. They even closed the set with their 1990 classic Christmas song, Christmas Party. How fucking nice. Rodney Anonymous owned the stage as usual, jumping off it to make a point and spraying spit with his in your face lyrical styling. Joe Jack Talcum laid down serious guitar solo’s and vocals – his skills still strong as ever. Dean Clean on drums was the man, smiling through most of the set as he worked away in the back. Dandrew held it down on bass, and with his contributions to the new album and their live sets since 2008, is now certainly a full member of the band.

The King in Yellow is the 9th album put out by The Dead Milkmen. We thought it sounded great via headphones, particularly the track Hangman, but hearing it live made us fans of the whole piece. You can google reviews on it if you like but we will spare you the need to read through ours. Instead, just watch this video of their recent KFM performance and judge for yourselves. Oh, and you have to buy their album so they keep playing.